Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc: CMHA is SAAC's parent corporation and is the local mental health authority for Central Connecticut.

DMHAS: State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. A Healthcare Service Agency.

CT Community for Addiction Recovery: Each and every person in the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery will strive to ensure that people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction will be treated with dignity and respect in their recovery process regardless of the type of addiction, treatment or support.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation's leading philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. This website contains information about obtaining grants, lists of national programs, many RWJF publications, and much more.

Connecticut Clearinghouse: The Connecticut Clearinghouse is the state's resource center for information about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and related issues affecting mental health and wellness. We are part of Connecticut's Prevention Infrastructure and designated by the national Center for Substance Abuse Prevention as the state's RADAR network center. A program of Wheeler Clinic, the Clearinghouse is funded by the CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Connecticut MATCH Coalition: MATCH is a coalition established in 1995 to help Connecticut's kids stay tobacco free.

CT Prevention Network: Formerly known as CARE, CPN is a network of the state's 13 Regional Action Councils, grassroots organizations working with Connecticut's communities to prevent substance abuse and other addictions.

Join Together Online: Join Together is a national resource center for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence.

National Clearinghouse: The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information's (NCADI) PREVLINE is one of the largest repositories of science based substance abuse prevention, education and policy information on the Internet. Access and order thousands of free federal documents, streaming video and audio, searchable databases, statistical reports and briefs, fact sheets, press releases, e-books, daily news updates and forums. Topics include alcohol (abuse, dependence and alcoholism), tobacco (Synar, cessation, prevention) and illicit illegal drugs (addiction, treatment and health effects).

SAMHSA treatment locator: To locate the drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs/facilities nearest you, find your State on the map at this link and click on it.

Connecticut Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking: CT Coalition To Stop Underage Drinking, change policies, social norms, and advertising in order to keep youth safe, from alcohol related injuries, acts of violence and death, teenage alcohol abuse, teenage drinking, underage drinking.

INFOLine: Search the Infoline database for substance abuse treatment and prevention services

North Central Regional Mental Health Board.
Prevention programs that work (NE Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies)

Planning for prevention

Strategies to keep kids alcohol free

Information on college drinking

Connecticut Department of Public Health

Course of study at Tunxis Community College to become a substance abuse counselor.
Alcohol Screening: A web site to give you the information you need to assess your own drinking pattern and understand if this behavior is likely to cause harm to your health or increase your risk for future harm.